Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A., 2016, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n, Euscorpius 220, pp. 1-133 : 10-12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7124470

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936
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Genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 View in CoL

( Figs. 12 View Figures 12–15 , 16–40 View Figures 16–19 View Figures 20–23 View Figures 24–29 View Figures 30–33 View Figures 34–38 View Figures 39–46 , 193 View Figures 193–200 , 421–422 View Figures 403–429 , 547)

= Stenochirus Karsch, 1892: 305–306 , fig. 30, Pl. XXII; a junior homonym of Stenochirus Oppel, 1862 (Crustacea) ; Kraepelin, 1899: 39; Pocock, 1900: 32–33; Kraepelin, 1913: 131–132; Werner, 1934: 271; Vachon, 1982: 83–84, figs. 12–18, 84–85; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 152–153.

= Pocockius Francke, 1985: 13 , 16 (syn. by Fet, 1997: 246).

Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936: 191 View in CoL ; Fet, 1997: 246; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 90; Kovařík, 2009: 31; Javed et al., 2010: 5–10 View Cited Treatment , figs. 1–8; Aswathi et al., 2015: 213– 218, figs. 1–5.

TYPE SPECIES. Stenochirus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 30–52 mm. Sternum type 1, subpentagonal or subtriangular, roughly as wide as long, exhibiting horizontal compression. Pedipalps with trichobothrial pattern Aα; femur trichobothrium d 2 located dorsally, patella d 3 external to dorsomedian carina; chela with 3 Eb trichobothria on manus. Cheliceral fixed finger with two ventral accessory denticles. Movable finger of pedipalp chela longer than manus. Pectines with fulcra. Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with distinct granules divided into 10–11 linear rows, apical rows of 3–4 granules, and 3 terminal granules. Tergites I –VI smooth or finely granular, with one carina. Carapace smooth to finely granular without carinae, anterior edge with epistome present medially. Metasomal segments punctate, without stridulatory areas, without carinae except for dorsolateral carinae which may be developed. Telson vesicle punctate, subaculear tooth absent or weakly developed. Pedipalps, metasoma and telson glabrous. Legs III and IV with well developed, long tibial spurs; ventral aspect of tarsomere II with two rows of spiniform setae.

DISTRIBUTION. India, Sri Lanka.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Loc

Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016
2016
Loc

Pocockius

FET 1997: 246
FRANCKE 1985: 13
1985
Loc

Buthoscorpio

Javed 2010: 5 - 10
KOVARIK, F. 2009: 31
FET, V. & W. D. SISSOM & G. LOWE & M. E. BRAUNWALDER 2000: 90
Fet 1997: 246
WERNER, F. 1936: 191
1936
Loc

Stenochirus

TIKADER B. K. & D. B. BASTAWADE 1983: 152
VACHON, M. 1982: 83
WERNER, F. 1934: 271
KRAEPELIN 1913: 131
POCOCK, R. I. 1900: 32
KRAEPELIN 1899: 39
KARSCH 1892: 306
1892
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